Bottle filling and closure device.



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S. B. GOFF.

BOTTLE FILLING AND CLOSURE nnvmn. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30, 1907. I898,458, Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

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Witnesses 'S. B. GOFF.

BOTTLE FILLING AND CLOSURE DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 00130, 1907.

Patented Sept. 15,1908.

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SAMUEL B. GOFF, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

BOTTLE FILLING AND CLOS URE DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

Application filed October 30, 1907. Serial 1%. $99,827.

To all it may concern."

Be it lmownthat I, SAMUEL B. GoFF, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Camden, State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Bottle Filling and Closure Device, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for filling and capping or closingbottles, and it consistsof a vessel adapted to contain a liquid,preferably milk, and in which bottles are ailapted to be filled on theover-flow princip e.

It further consists of means for cleansing the filling stopper employedprior to the applicaltion by the same of a cap or closure to a tt e.

It further consists of a means adapted to insert and remove the fillermechanism.

It also consists of means for capping or closing the bo-ttles when theoperation of filling is completed.

It further consists of details of construction as will be described andclaimed.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown one form of adevice, as this embodiment well illustrates the pn'nci le of myinvention, although it is obvious tliat the principal instrumentalitiesof which my invention consists, can be variously arranged and organized,and in the accompanying drawings, I have'shown one embodiment thereof,which I have found in practice to give satisfactory results, although itis to be understood that my invention is not limited to this specificarrangement and organiza' tion of these instrumentalities.

Figure 1 represents a partial side elevation and partial verticalsection of a bottle filler and closure device embodying my invention.Fig. 3 represents a vertical section of a detached portion, on anenlarged scale. Figs. 4 and 5 represent side elevations of detachedportions,, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 6 represents a section of aportion on line a: 2c, Fig.

3. Fig. 7 represents a section of *a bottlev with a stopper or closurein position. Fig.3 represents a perspective view of'a basket or trayemployed for holding bottles during various operations of the device.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawin s :1 designates a vessel for containing mill( orother liquid, which is to be bottled, and 2 designates a water-receivingtank for cleansing the b-ottles.

3 designates a holder for the pad 4 of absorb-ent mate-rial, and 5designates a support for piles of bottle stoppers or caps 6, saidmembers 1, 2, 3 and 5' being suitably con- 'nected, or made separate, asdesired.

Resting on the bottom of the vessel 1 are the springs 7, on which islaced the follower 8, for supporting the bott e-receiving basket 9,whose bottom 10 is open, said basket having a removable handle 11 andinterior partitions 12, within which latter are placed the bottles 13 tobe filled, said handle 11 serving as a sling, which is readilyattachable to the body of the basket and detachable therefrom I Securedto the bearings attached to the vessel 1, is the cross-bar or shaft 14,on which is freely mounted the rising and falling arm 15, the outer endof which is rovided with a catch 16 adapted to engage t e lip 17 on theside of the vessel 1', for securing said arm while in operativeposition. The sides of said arm 15 are dovetailed as at 18', 19, and

? to the same are adj'u-stably fitted the bars 20 21 (see Figs. 2 and 6)depending from which latter are the plugs 22 of resilient material, thesame being ada ted to enter the mouths of bottles and tight y close thesame during the filling operation, as plainly shown in Fig. 3, saidplugs being provided with ports or ducts 23, 24, which are incommunication with ports 25, 26 in said bars 20, 21, said ports 25, 26appearing at the top ofsaid bars, and said ports 23, 24 appearing at thebottom of said plugs.

The plugs are connected with the arm 15 by the pointed pins 28, whichpass through said plugs and a slot in the arm 15, their upper ends beingthreaded for the engagement of nuts 29, which are adapted to tightenagainst said arms for evident purposes.

Secured to the bars 20 21 and surrounding the place of occupation of theports 25, are inclosures of gauze or other foraminous material, whichform strainers 27 to prevent foam and'foreign substances from enteringsaid ports and consequently the bottles.

The arm 15 is intended to carry as many plugs 22 and strainers 27 asthere are bottles, Fig. 2 showing only said bar sufficiently wide tocarry plugs and strainers for one row of bottles. The other row has nosuch bar and members above them, so that for purposes of clearness thebottles are shown uncovered.

shifting the same from one position to another, for purposes to behereinafter described.

The operation is as follows :The vessel 1 is supplied say with milk to asuitable height, and more milk radually oured into the vessel 1 as reuired to keep t e latter ractically full, and t e basket 9 with the bottes therein placed on the follower 8 the handle 11 of the asket thenbeing removed. The arm 15 is now lowered, when the lower portlons of thelugs or stoppers 22 enter the mouths of the bottles and are expandedagainst the shoulders, see Fig. 8, and the plugs tightly close saidmouths, while their lower portions enter the latter and serve to limitthe subsequent filling of the bottles. Owing to the downward ressure ofthe arm 15 on the bottles, the to ower 8 is l Wered and the springs 7are compressed by the same. The surface of the milk is now above thetops of the ports 25 and 26, so that the milk flows through the latter,and so fills the bottles (see Fig. 3). The arm 15 is now raised andmoved transversely on the bar or shaft 14 until the plugs 22 are abovethe'pad 4, when said arm is lowered and the plugs co tact with said ad,so as to have the milk a hering to, the p ugs removed from the same.Then the arm is a ain raised and moved over the support 5, wien it islowered and'the points of the pins 28 pierce the up er stoppers or caps6, and so take hold of t e same. Then the arm is raised and moved backto one of the lines of filled bottles, after which it is lowered and thecaps are forced into the mouths of said bottles, thus closing orstopping the same. These operations arerepeated until all of the bottlesin the basket are filled and closed, when the arm 1 5 is run out of theway and the basket raised from the vessel 1 by restoring the handle 11,connecting the rope 34 with the latter, and then operating said ropewhereby the basket is carried over the water in the tank 2, into whichit is lowered, so that the bottles are exteriorly washed, after whichthe basket is raised and the bottles are removed and permitted to dry,when they are 7 ready for the market.

The plugs 22 may be set nearer to or further apart, relatively to largeror smaller bottles to be filled. In this case, the nuts 29 are loosenedand the bars 20 and 21 are moved on the arm to the required extent, soas to propeler, and thus the motions of the latter may be easilyaccomplished by the weight in service. Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In a device of the character stated, a vessel adapted to receive botha fluid and a bottle to be filled with the latter, a plug for a bottle,and a carrier for said plug, said plug having a port therein, wherebythe bottle may be filled through sa'd plug and a foraminous inclosureprotecting said port.

2. In a device of the character stated, a vessel adapted to receive botha fluid and a bottle to be filled with the same, a plug for abottle, acarrier for said plug, said lug having a port therein, whereby the botte may be filled through said plug, an absorbent piece to which said plugmay be directed and wiped thereon, and a capping device.

3. In a device of the character stated, a

bottle filling device, a support for a bottleclosingcap, a memberadapted to pick-up said cap, a carrier for said member, and a holder fora bottle, said carrier being movable in directions to and from saidsupport and holder.

4. In a device of the character stated, a vessel adapted to contain afluid and receive a bottle to be filled by the same, a plug for I thebottle, said plug having a port therein m communication with said vesseland ada ted I p to communicate'withthe interior of the ottle, a movablecarrier forsaid plug, a support fluid-receiving vessel, a followertherein, a resilient support for said follower, a bottle-containingbasket adapted to be supported on said follower, a plug for the bottle,said plug havin a filling port therein, and-a carrier for said p ug,said carrier being adapted todepress the bottle, whereby the latter maybe submerged and filled through its plug.

' 6. In a device of' the character stated, a fluid-receiving vessel, abottle-receiver adapted to occupy said vessel, and a wash-tank supportedadjacent said vessel, and a traveler for cooperation with said receiverfor handling the same in either the vessel or tank, said receiver being.ada ted to enter said tank and subject the bott e in the former to a 7.,In a device of the character stated, a

plug for a bottle, the same having a port therein, a carrier for saidlug, means for applying a cap, a straining evice on said carrier aroundsaid port and an absorbent piece to which said plug may be directed andwiped thereon.

8. In a device of the character stated, a lurality of plugs for bottles,a carrying memer therefor, a guiding arm on which said member is movablysupported, and a device for tightening said member, thus roviding forthe adjustment of said plugs to ottles of different sizes and positions.

9. In a device of the character stated, a

vessel containing a fluid, a water-receiving tank for cleansing thebottles, a bottle-container adapted to serve with either the vessel ortank, a plug for a bottle, a carrier for said plug, said plug having aport therein whereby the bottle may be filled through said plug, anabsorbent pad for cooperation with said plug, a traveler adapted to beconnected with said container, means for supporting said traveler foruse over the vessel or the tank, means for applying a cap and weightsupon opposite ends of said traveler.

SAMUEL B. GOFF.

Witnesses:-

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, HARRY O. DALTON.

